# Apple App Store Scraper (`great_pistachio/apple-app-store-scraper`) Actor

Scrape the Apple App Store: search apps by keyword, look up full app details by ID or bundle ID, and pull recent customer reviews. Ratings, pricing, genre, version, description, and review text. For app store optimization (ASO), competitor research, and review mining.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/great\_pistachio/apple-app-store-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Saturnin Pugnet](https://apify.com/great_pistachio) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Apple App Store Scraper

Scrape the Apple App Store via the open iTunes API. Three modes:

- **Search** — find apps by keyword (name, ratings, price, genre, seller…)
- **Details** — full metadata for apps by App Store ID or bundle ID
- **Reviews** — recent customer reviews (rating, title, text, author, version)

No auth, no key, near-zero maintenance.

### Use Cases

- **App Store Optimization (ASO)**: track rankings, ratings, and metadata for keywords
- **Competitor research**: monitor competitor apps' ratings, versions, and release notes
- **Review mining**: pull customer reviews for sentiment analysis and product feedback
- **Market research**: analyze categories, pricing, and ratings across apps

### Input

```json
{ "mode": "search", "term": "meditation", "limit": 50 }
```

```json
{ "mode": "reviews", "appIds": ["1459969523"], "maxReviewPages": 5 }
```

```json
{ "mode": "details", "bundleIds": ["com.spotify.client"] }
```

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `mode` | `search`, `details`, or `reviews` |
| `term` | search mode: keyword |
| `appIds` | details/reviews mode: numeric App Store IDs |
| `bundleIds` | details mode: bundle IDs (e.g. `com.spotify.client`) |
| `country` | Two-letter store country (default `us`) |
| `limit` | search: max apps (≤200) |
| `maxReviewPages` | reviews: pages per app (~50 each, ≤10) |
| `maxResults` | Cap (0 = unlimited) |

### Output

**Apps:** `appId`, `bundleId`, `name`, `seller`, `price`, `averageRating`, `ratingCount`, `primaryGenre`, `genres`, `version`, `currentVersionReleaseDate`, `contentRating`, `minimumOsVersion`, `fileSizeBytes`, `description`, `releaseNotes`, `sellerUrl`, `appUrl`, `artworkUrl`.

**Reviews:** `appId`, `reviewId`, `title`, `review`, `rating`, `author`, `appVersion`, `voteCount`, `country`.

### Related Actors

- [Website Company Enricher](https://apify.com/great_pistachio/website-company-enricher) - Enrich an app's developer website

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

'search' apps by term, 'details' by app IDs / bundle IDs, or 'reviews' by app IDs.

## `term` (type: `string`):

search mode: keyword to search apps for.

## `appIds` (type: `array`):

details / reviews mode: numeric App Store IDs (the number in the app URL).

## `bundleIds` (type: `array`):

details mode: app bundle IDs (e.g. com.spotify.client).

## `country` (type: `string`):

Two-letter App Store country code (e.g. us, gb, de).

## `limit` (type: `integer`):

search mode: max apps to return (up to 200).

## `maxReviewPages` (type: `integer`):

reviews mode: how many pages of reviews per app (each ~50 reviews, up to 10).

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Cap total records. 0 = unlimited.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "term": "productivity",
  "appIds": [],
  "bundleIds": [],
  "country": "us",
  "limit": 50,
  "maxReviewPages": 5,
  "maxResults": 0
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `defaultDataset` (type: `string`):

App Store apps (name, seller, price, ratings, genre, version, description) and customer reviews (rating, title, text, author, version)

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "term": "productivity"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("great_pistachio/apple-app-store-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "term": "productivity" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("great_pistachio/apple-app-store-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "term": "productivity"
}' |
apify call great_pistachio/apple-app-store-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=great_pistachio/apple-app-store-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/AqI2G1HMjhGrXqva3/builds/i6bTOfVs98IUxg4Go/openapi.json